Show trade and construction notes the city council of vernal has authorized the city clerk to tc advertise for bids for the construction of an extension to the water supply system in that city the wells nevada power company has placed an order with the richmond machinery company of this city for hydraulic equipment of its power plant the dorr company from new york headquarters announces the appointment of A anable formerly of the com banys equipment sales department as director of publicity in the near future salt lake city will advertise for bids for the paving of laird and princeton avenues from to east and east from harvard to princeton avenues consumers mutual coal company recently purchased through L brandenburger local manufacturers agent sanford day automatic drop bottom mine cars for use in the mutual companas comp anys coal mines scott and welch salt lake architects recently announced that plans for the school of mines building at the university of utah would be completed about august b ath and bids for construction would be called for at an early date bids have been asked for the construction of pipe sewers in sewer district no 1 st george washington county bids will be received at the office of the city recorder until august 25 full information may be obtained at the office of the city engineer of st george eastern iron metal company of salt lake reports the recent sale of a large consignment of mining machinery and equipment to the triumph development company of boise idaho the shipment included double drum electric hoist air compressor motors cages etc J P graves of spokane president of the midas gold mining milling company states that a mill and other equipment will be installed on the property of the company twenty six miles south of libby Min montana tana the mill will handle from 75 to tons daily on a two shift basis the N 0 nelson manufacturing company of salt lake has been awarded the contract for furnishing feet of high pressure water pipe at a cost of by the city council of nephi utah the pipe will be made in the factory of the national tube company of pennsylvania the h p fulton diesel engine recently sold to the city of murray south of salt lake has been delivered at the plant it now is being erected in the municipal electric light works and is expected to be an fn m commission the latter part of this month it was supplied by the richmond machinery company wayne smith W A young and charles towle who have a lease on the dan tucker mine heirty five miles east of fallon fallen nevada have developed water in wells at sand springs and purpose to build a small mill there to treat the ore the haul from the mine will be less than five miles mostly over the lincoln highway landes co industrial and contracting machinery firm of this city has changed its business headquarters from to W south temple street the change permits getting all supplies and equipment under one roof thus greatly improving facilities for inspection by patrons an invitation is extended to mining men to make the companas comp anys new offices headquarters E D treanor has been appointed managing engineer of the distribution transformer department at the pittsfield yass mass works of the general electric company As manag mana ing engineer of that department mr treanor will also have za general beneral supervision of the engineering on distribution transformers manufactured at the fort wayne ind and oakland cal works of the company while in salt lake a few days ago E A watkins president of the watkins manufacturing company wichita kansas stated that it the was purpose of his company to open a branch manufacturing establishment here at a cost of approximately the companas comp anys principal business consists of biting work on gasoline engines it is expected to make salt lake the concerns central business point for the entire intermountain west the plant will employ anywhere from twenty five to fifty men according to the philipsburg mail of the alt the milling plant of the north star silver lead mining company E D little general manager was entirely burned down on the the property is located at princeton some twelve or fifteen miles northerly from philipsburg on i reaching philipsburg after the fire manager little who is chief owner in the proposition stated that the mill would be rebuilt as soon as possible the mines best developed ore shoot is said to be twenty feet thick and feet long J V pohlman secretary treasurer of the lucky jim mine at vincton Zinc ton B C recently returned to spokane efrom froni the property and ana reported good progress in construction of a ton flotation milling plant equipment includes a hardinge ball mill a dorr classifier and larger power plant consisting of two h p vickers petter heavy oil engines it is expected the mill will be ready for operation within ninety days mr pohlman also reports three other mills under construction in the slocan district one each at the whitewater ruth hope and hewitt plans are being prepared for the enlargement of the provo plant of the republic creosoting company word is is expected from the head officials of the company in the east to proceed immediately with erection of another large uni unit of the plant to cost approximately the enlargement is a result of the increased market for the products P off of the local plant as well as of the construction of the ne new all coke and gas plant of the columbia steel corporation the tar manufactured at the provo prove plant of the steel corporation is handled by the creosoting company it is un understood dierst the the new addition must be ready by february 1 when new coke plant is expected to be ready |